Kerouac, Jack
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007
...John Kerouac)ker wak , 1922 69, American novelist, b. Lowell, Mass., studied at Columbia Univ. One of the leaders of the...Big Sur (1962), and Desolation Angels (1965); a volume of poetry, Mexico City Blues (1959); and a volume describing his dreams...